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June 11, 2024
Jun 11, 2024 | UCI News
CNCM is awarded $1.4 million NIH grant for Alzheimer’s disease research training
The UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping has been awarded a five-year, $1.4 million National Institutes of Health T32 grant to establish a training program for Alzheimer’s disease research.
Jun 10, 2024 | UCI News
‘Cutting the cable’ between CD8+ T and T regulatory cells enhances checkpoint immunotherapy
A UCI-led multidisciplinary research team has identified a new strategy that could enhance the therapeutic effectiveness of this therapy by targeting the communication between immune cells within the tumor, a discovery that may offer a new strategy for improving melanoma treatment.
Jun 10, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers project cardiac benefits from weight-loss medication tirzepatide
New study finds that popular weight-loss medication may reduce the number of U.S. adults with obesity by 55 million and prevent up to 2 million heart attacks and strokes over a 10-year period.
Jun 10, 2024 | Self
How to Know When It’s Time to Swap Antihistamines for Allergy Shots
Jenny J. Lee, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Basic & Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine, shares about the cost of allergy shots.
Jun 07, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Vice Dean of Basic Research Receives Honor as a ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholars
Geoffrey W. Abbott, PhD, vice dean of Basic Research and professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, is ranked No. 1 in the world for potassium channel research according to ScholarGPS.
Jun 05, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Neurological Surgery Faculty Present at PSPS Workshop
Michael Oh, MD, and Sohaib Hashmi, MD, served as faculty for the Pacific Spine and Pain Society Spine Fellows Cadaver Course on May 18, 2024.
MD Student Nischal Acharya Receives Honorable Mention for Clinical/Translational Research
Fourth-year MD student Nischal Acharya earned an honorable mention in the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award category for clinical/translational research.
June 4, 2024
Jun 04, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researchers awarded a NIAMS T32 grant for PhD training
Kyoko Yokomori, PhD, professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry, Tahseen Mozaffar, MD, professor in the Department of Neurology, and Armando Villalta, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, were awarded a NIAMS T32 grant titled "MAXIMUS: MAXimizing Training in MUScle Research."